Clara Walton

Experience

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  M Aris & Co. Chartered Accountants

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Personal Assistant

  I worked at an accountancy firm called M Aris & Co, as a personal assistant, where I gained insightful work experience. On an average day I would be answering the phone, creating excel spreadsheets to organise files, responding to emails through written or audio dictation, writing letters through either written or audio dictation, organising filing, organising client information, greeting clients, faxing letters and handling sensitive and confidential documents.

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  Aldgate Pump Hotel

  Oct 2014 - Jan 2015

  Bar Staff

  As this was my first bartending/waitressing I had the opportunity to learn about the hospitality industry, including taking restaurant bookings, cleaning the bar, learning how to use the TAB gambling machine and organising stock.

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  Owen Andrews Catering

  Feb 2015 - Mar 2015

  Kitchen Assistant/Waitress

  I worked as a part-time waitress with Owen Andrews Catering whilst I stayed in the Barossa Valley. I worked for 6 weddings and 2 conferences whilst employed for Owen Andrews, I had the opportunity to learn how to prep and cook the food for the events as well as serving at the events.

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  ChildFund Australia

  May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Sales Assistant

  I worked with OS Enterprises for a charity called Childfund Australia travelling from Cairns, Darwin, Broome, and down the west coast to Perth. Within this role I worked in a team of 10 people and would alternate working in pairs or individually dependent on the location.My responsibilities: Door to door calls to raise awareness of the charityGaining sponsorship for third-world childrenBuilding rapport with potential sponsorsHandle basic paperwork and make phone calls to the head office for verification of the information that the sponsor would provide Show less

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  GUNS AND SMOKE LIMITED

  Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

  Waitress/Bar Staff

  I began working at Guns and Smoke after 2 days returning from Australia, where I quickly had to learn the balance between bartending and waitressing in a fast paced restaurant. After a few months of working at the restaurant I was trusted to manage the restaurant floor, dividing the floor into sections and allocating to the wait staff, I was also entrusted to organise the inventory stock and daily bar maintenance as well as quality control for the food from the kitchen.

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  Harrods

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

  Seasonal Sales Associate

  During the Christmas period, I had the privilege to be a part of the Harrods Grotto as a Host and found it was a massive opportunity for me to learn about the retail environment and the high standards that Harrods set.I had a range of different roles within the Grotto, making everyday different, on any given day I could be; welcoming the guests to the Grotto, checking guests in using a ticket scanner, taking photos within the Grotto when meeting Father Christmas, printing out Grotto taken pictures and promoting various photo packages and working on the tills in the Disney store. Prior to the Grotto opening, every morning I would be part of a team in-charge of preparing and organising stock and preparing the gift bags given to the children who visit the Grotto. Show less

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  Dudley's Pancake House

  Jan 2016 - Feb 2016

  Waitress

  I worked at Dudley’s Pancake House, on a part-time contract, whilst working at Camden Eye for a month before it became too much to handle in regards of travelling between High Barnet and Camden Town.

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  The Camden Eye

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  Bar Supervisor

  Working in the hospitality helped me to improve my confidence and helped me expand on skills and responsibilities that I had not had the opportunity to do prior. I learnt how to prepare cocktails, train new staff, organise and order stock as well as to clean ales and change the larger and ale barrels, this was all whilst tending to my other duties of waitressing, bar maintenance and daily bar prep.

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  Fitness First UK

  Oct 2016 - Aug 2017

  Senior Receptionist

  During my employment at Fitness First, I started as a receptionist but quickly started to work towards becoming a membership service manager. As a receptionist my responsibilities included; booking members into classes, tending to the weekly banking, answering the phone, organising stock, cancelling memberships, greeting members from the front of house, cleaning the female changing rooms, answering member’s queries and re-organising the locker system during a refurbishment.

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  Anabas

  Aug 2017 - Jul 2019

  Whilst working in the Wavemaker reception team, I was recruited by Wavemaker Global to be a Team Assistant on a secondment from my reception role with Anabas to aid the personal assistants with their workload from the directors and their teams. My responsibilities included: booking and organising travel for internal and external partners, creating travel packs, setting up travel accounts, booking rooms, managing directors diaries, booking couriers and taxis, setting up conference calls, working with the finance team for travel expenses and processing work expenses and creating word documents to aid the teams. This role changed from being a full time to part time position in February 2019. Show less I worked for Anabas at the Wavemaker reception in a team of 4 people. Everyday I would have the opportunity to switch from being the person that greeted and signed in visitors to working in the back office managing the switchboard, signing for deliveries, organising admin, booking taxi's and booking couriers. To expand my responsibilities I took to training new starters and temporary staff and helping to book and organise meeting rooms, creating and updating excel spreadsheets and word documents with reception related information that would help any new staff or temporary staff. Show less

  • Team Assistant Secondment

    Oct 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Corporate Receptionist

    Aug 2017 - Sept 2018
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  Tonik

  Mar 2018 - Sept 2018

  Community Manager

  Tonik Sound was a start up music company, where I was recruited as their Community Manager. Whilst working with the team I would colaborate with the company founder to create marketing strategies and content that our following would find engaging, as well as manage the social media platforms, try to build a following on the social platforms and build rapport with potential brand ambassadors. Our aim was to develop a strong music brand presence to compete with company popularity like Fender and Sony.I took on this internship whilst working as a corporate receptionist and found it difficult to juggle both roles, so I had to resign from the Tonik team in September 2018. Show less

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  Wavemaker

  Aug 2019 - May 2020

  Personal Assistant and Team Assistant

  I had the pleasure to work for with the Chief Investment Officer and be the team assistant to the global trading team at Wavemaker Global. I learnt a lot from my time at Wavemaker, including their use of different systems for travel and expenses and found the atmosphere of the company extremely welcoming and supportive, especially in the last few months whilst working from home. On a daily basis I managed the CIO's diary, expenses and organised his extensive international travel, which I would also organise for the global trading team, this would include international visa's. Show less

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  Hadley Hotel

  Jul 2020 - Jul 2021

  Restaurant Manager

  Managing the hotel restaurant

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  Nika Pet Services

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Barista
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  Middlesex University

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

  Library Assistant
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  Middlesex University

  Oct 2022 - Jan 2024

  Working in various roles at the University from giving tours to potential students, working at graduation ceremonies, participating in focus groups and running 'Make Your Mark' events. I am thrilled to be working with the Middlesex University Student Learning Assistants team for BA Graphic designs. I help first year students with their graphic design studies and adjust to university life. I was part of the AV department at Middlesex university, where I check classrooms throughout the university to make sure all the tech is working and also assist lecturers with an technical difficulties they may have.

  • Student Ambassador

    Aug 2021 - Jan 2024

  • Student Learning Assistant

    Sept 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Undergraduate Course Ambassador

    Feb 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Digital Champion

    Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
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  Clara does Design

  Jul 2023 - now

  Graphic Designer